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Students of Music 7411: Below are some links of interest from today’s seminar discussion. Think of these as points of reference for you in your own investigations. As I suggested in class, these readings can generally be considered informational and investigatory rather then “required”, providing context for our “workshop” explorations and discussion.

First, some visualizations of the workings of the human ear in response to sound:

Pierre Schaeffer’s Traite´ des objets musicaux does not have an English translation, but there are some references to it’s concepts in Schaeffer’s other work as well as in writing around it, in particular by Brian Kane and Michael Chion (both below).

Severaltracks from the 3 CD accompanying set (with translation) to Solfege de l’objet Sonore (1966)

A series of discussions / interviews with Pierre Schaeffer on his then recent publication of the Traite´ des objets musicaux as well as a general overview of his work. You may wish to have your browser “translate” the text to get a better sense of the dialog.

Former student of Professor Kevin Ernste (Music 1421: Introduction to Computer Music, and Music 2421: Computers in Music Performance) Alex Kresovich (aka “AK”) has made a growing career for himself as a producer including a new track, “Thorns”, on CeeLo Green‘s latest album.

Before that, among many notable accomplishments–and just as an indicator of his level of exposure. his track “Cold War” has received nearly 2 million listens on SoundCloud since it’s release there in February.